Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Uglich - Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan - Samara - Volgograd - Astrakhan - Saratov - Samara - Ulianovsk - Cheboksary - Kozmodemyansk - Nizhny Novgorod - Myshkin - Moscow (NRT) from 01.09.19 to 19.09.19, Ship «Ivan Krylov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Uglich |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
2) Tour to the Leather Craft Workshop Museum. Learn about the history of one of the oldest crafts, the leathercraft of Uglich, the production of leather in Russia, the history of the legendary Russian calf leather. Visit an exhibition of antiques and see reconstructed ancient pieces, take a look at original models of leather making equipment of the 17-19th century. Learn about contemporary art: leather carving, embossing, sculptures. At the end of the tour, each of the visitors will be able to briefly become an artisan and create a magnet, take pics with the exhibits, or read his/her fortune on runes. Visit the Alexey Monastery. The tour lasts 2 hours (for groups of 15 people and more).
3) Walking tour to the Hydroelectric Power Museum. (Group size: 20+.)
4) Tour to the Vintage Scooter Bike Museum. Find out about the evolution of the bicycle. The museum displays the 19-20th century bicycles, sports bicycles and leisure bicycles, bikes for adults and kids, etc. Ride any of the museum exhibits! Visit to the Alexeevsky Monastery. Tour length 2 hours. (Group Size: 20+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Kremlin walking tour with a visit to the Сhurch of Prince Dmitry “On Blood”, the Palaces of the Princes (1st floors), and Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. Tour length - 1.5 hours. (alternative to the main excursion)
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Visit to museum “History of Russian Vodka”. You will hear the story of Peter Smirnoff, view different types of alcohol stills and see a display of antique bottles. Tour length - 30 minutes.
| Group from 5 pax: 450 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Stop at the Folk Toy Museum. Discover the unique, almost 50 years-old collection. Find out about the cultures and traditions of more than 35 countries through games and toys. Tourists will get to know more about the daily life, customs, and rites of Russians. Tour length: 45 minutes.
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Visit to the City Life Museum, including an entertainment program and a tea ceremony. Please join us to find out about the way of life, traditions, customs, fashion in a Russian provincial town of the 19th century. Find yourself in a market place and a jaunty salesclerk will offer you all sorts of merchandise and will probably even invite you to a wedding or a baby shower. The hosts will be more than happy to share some herbal tea and one of the best Uglich cheeses with you.
Tour length – 45 minutes. | Group from 5 pax: 450 rub. per person | |
| Yaroslavl |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus tour "Yaroslavl’s Jubilee" to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Monastery. Tour length - 3 hours.
2) Bus tour "Yaroslavl’s Jubilee" with a visit to the art museum. (Group size: 35+.) Tour length - 3 hours.
3)Historical Center Bus Tour with a stop at the Emalis Enamel Art Museum. The three halls of the museum display exhibits made in the following techniques: painted enamel, cloisonné enamel, champlevé enamel, filigree enamel, jewelry enamel. During the excursion the visitors will find out about the evolution of the “hot enamel” technique and will admire the best works of the world’s leading artisans. Each visitor has an opportunity to create his own art work under the supervision of master craftsmen. The program also involves the tour of the art gallery with a great selection of exclusive paintings, jewelry and souvenirs made with the use of hot enamel technique.
Tour length – 3 hours (group size: 35+). | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus excursion to the center of Yaroslavl City with a visit to the Sobinov House Museum. The museum is located in a cozy town house dating back to the 18th century. Leonid Sobinov was born here in 1872. The house preserves the memory of three generations of the family and is filled with theater and household relics, including rare documents, opera characters photos, Sobinov’s unique costumes, stage props, touching everyday items that attest to the warmth of the Sobinov family. Visitors can hear the famous voice of the singer which was described by contemporaries as “unique”, “captivating” and “luminous”. We welcome you to visit the house museum and to get acquainted with the “Russian Orpheus”. The excursion time is 3 hours.
| Group from 5 pax: 1800 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus excursion to the center of Yaroslavl City with a visit to the city zoo. The zoo area is more than 120 hectares – one of the largest in the world. The zoo is presented as a landscape park. The excursion time is 3 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 2900 rub. per person Group from 19 pax: 2450 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus excursion to the center of Yaroslavl City with a visit to the Einstein Popular Science Museum. The venue boasts more than 100 interactive displays that are all open to the visitors. Boil water without fire, test the strength of your voice, lift a dumbbell with just one finger! The excursion time is 3 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
| Kostroma |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) City Bus Tour with a visit to Ipatiev Monastery and the functioning Epiphany Convent of St. Anastasia. Tour length – 3 hours.
2) The Blessed City of Kostroma Bus Tour. Stop at the shops, farmer’s market, cheese stores, textile, linen and jewelry studios and the functioning Epiphany Convent of St. Anastasia which is known as the location of the ancient Feodorovskaya Icon of God’s Mother, a miraculous Icon of Mother of God worshiped by the Russian Orthodox Church, one of the House of Romanovs relics. Tour length – 3 hours (Group size: 35+).
3) City Bus Tour with a stop at the City Mayor Botnikov History Museum. You will find out about the remarkable person who made a difference in his city. The first city power plant, a fire station, a public library, and several educational facilities were all built during Botnikov’s time as mayor. He also introduced a mandatory house numbering system and installed telephone lines. Botnikov made personal contributions to urban improvements. The museum recreates the atmosphere of a residence of an affluent person at the beginning of the 20th century. Tour length: 3 hours. (Group Size: 35+). | Included in the price of cruise |
| Nizhny Novgorod |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus tour "City over the Volga and Oka"- story of the city in the 13th to 21st centuries.
2) City bus tour with a visit to the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin and a stop at Maxim Gorky Museum House. Group size: 35+. Tour length - 3 hours.
3) Bus tour "Russian Orthodox Cathedrals and Monasteries" with a visit to Stroganov church, Saviour (Old Fair) Cathedral, Spassky Staroyarmarochny Cathedral, and Blagoveshchensky and Pechersky Ascension monasteries. (Group size: 35+). Tour length - 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Christmas ornament factory “Ariel”. You will visit a glass blowing workshop where you can watch the artists manually painting the Christmas decorations, following a tradition unchanged since the 19th century. You can also try to paint your own ornament as a souvenir. After the factory visit you can also stop by the factory museum (the tour to the factory doesn’t include a guided museum tour).
Check the factory shop for bargains.
Tour length - 3 hours. | Group from 15 pax: 3000 rub. per person | |
| Kazan |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Historic downtown bus tour: The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Kaban Lake, Tatar Sloboda, Kazan Kremlin (The Annunciation Cathedral, Kul Sharif Mosque, Tower of Soyembika). Tour length – 3½ hours.
2) Sport in Kazan city bus tour with a stop at the Kremlin. During the tour you can visit the sports venues of the 2013 Universiade, the 2015 World Aquatics Championship and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Group size: 35+. Tour length – 3½ hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Samara | Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Getting to Know Samara Bus Tour with a stop at the Samara Space Museum. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 1600 rub. per person | |
| Usovka | Included in the price of cruise | |
| Volgograd |
Excursion package:Bus tour “Hero city Volgograd. Battle of Stalingrad Heroes Memorial on Mamaev Kurgan”. Tour length: 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Astrakhan |
Excursion package of you choice:
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Included in the price of cruise | ||
Optional excursion
Excursion Astrakhan Nature reserve. Trip to the Volga Delta, including boat rides and a lunch of fish dishes. Tour length – 6-8 hours.
| Group from 20 pax: 4500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Visit a Sustainable Sturgeon Fish Farm and experience a tasting. Swimming is allowed here.
Tour length - 4-5 hours.
| Group from 25 pax: 3900 rub. per person | |
| Nikolskoye | Included in the price of cruise | |
| Volgograd |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Saratov |
Excursion package of you choice:
1)Introduction to Saratov bus tour with a stop at the open-air National Village Museum and lemon orchard on Sokolovaya Mountain. Tour length – 3 hours.
2) Symbols of the Saratov Province bus tour with a stop at the Saratov Harmonica Museum. Tour length – 3 hours.
3)Introduction to Saratov bus tour with a stop at the Museum on Falcon Mountain. The Military Hall of Fame site displays all types of military equipment: armored fighting vehicles, aviation, artillery pieces, both modern and dating from the Great Patriotic War period. Tour length: 3 hours.
4)Bus tour to Gorky City Park. Enjoy the excursion to the City Park of Culture and Recreation — a magnificent monument of landscaping art. It is an absolutely stunning park! The park’s alleys flow around the ponds, the flower beds are beautifully constructed, the views are splendid. Tour length – 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
| Samara |
Excursion package of you choice:
1) Getting to Know Samara Bus Tour with a stop at the Art Museum. The largest art collection of the Volga region includes paintings by Repin, Surikov, Polenov and other prominent Russian painters. Tour length – 3 hours.
2) Parks and Gardens of Samara Bus Tour with a stop at the Art Museum. Review of the city parks history, introduction to the embankments and garden squares with a stop at the Strukov Park. Tour length - 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Beer Brewing in Samara bus tour. Visit the brewery and taste beer at Maximillian’s, a Bavarian restaurant.
Tour length – 3 hours. | Group from 15 pax: 1900 rub. per person | |
| Ulianovsk |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus and walking tour "Motherland of Lenin" with a visit to Simbirsk Classical Preparatory School Museum and the House Museum of Lenin. Tour length - 3 hours.
2)Bus and walking tour Charming Old Simbirsk with stops at the City life museum estate Simbirsk at the turn of the 20th century and the Simbirsk photography museum where visitors can have their pictures taken in vintage clothes of the 19th century. Tour length – 3 hours. (Group size: 19+).
3) Bus tour with a visit to Simbirsk Museum of Civil Aviation. (Group size: 35+). Tour length - 3 hours.
4)Domes of Simbirsk Bus & Walking Tour with stops at the Germanovskaya church, Simbirsk Chuvash school. Apartment of Ivan Yakovlev museum, Descent of the Holy Spirit Cathedral to the Apostles, the site of the Pokrov Savior and Ascension Monastery in the Name of All Saints. Tour length – 4 hours (group size: 19+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Cheboksary |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus tour Cheboksary in Russia’s History. Tour length - 3 hours. (Group size: 35+).
2) City bus tour with a visit to the unique Russian Tractor History Museum. Tour length - 3 hours. (Group size: 35+).
3)City Bus Tour with a stop at the Made in Chuvashia signature shops (confectionery, textile products, knitwear). Tour duration: 3 hours (Group size: 35+ people).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Folk program Let Your Soul Rejoice followed by a beer tasting. Tour length – 1-1.5 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 1100 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Tikhvin Bogoroditsky (Mother of God) Women’s Monastery. Tour length - 3,5 hours.
| Group from 12 pax: 2100 rub. per person | |
| Kozmodemyansk |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the Art and History Museum.
2) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the ethnographic museum. (Group size: 20+).
3) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the Museum of the Merchant Household. (Group size: 20+)
4) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the Bender Satire and Humor Museum. (Group size: 20+)
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Nizhny Novgorod |
Excursion package
Bus tour to Gorodets. Trip to Feodorovsky Monastery and the fortifications. Tour to the Holy “Nicholas’ Spring”, where you will discover the history of popular beliefs, rites and celebrations.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Departure for the guided tour from Nizhny Novgorod. Bus tour "Semenov-the Capital of Golden Khokhloma". Visit to the "Khokhloma Painting" factory". Return to Gorodets by ship after the tour. Tour length - 7 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 4900 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 3450 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 2500 rub. per person | |
| Myshkin |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Walking tour “Visit to the mice at the old mill” with an excursion to the old mill, the Museum of Russian Valenki, the artisans' house and Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral. Tour length - 2-2.5 hours.
2)Walking Tour for Kids and Their Parents. Visit to the Mouse Palace. (group size: 25+). Tour length – 1.5-2 hours.
3)Provincial Kaleidoscope Walking Tour. A city sightseeing excursion, including a tour of some interesting wooden houses (Shipbuilder’s Thomson House, Myshkin Sheremetyev’s Station), visit to the old mill house with the Barn Mice display, the Victory Memorial, the Dormition Cathedral. (group size: 25+). Tour length – 2.5 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Walking-tour “Myshkin People’s Museum” with a visit to the “Mice Museum”, the “Boat Pilot Museum”, (or “Smirnoff Vodka Museum”) and the museum of wooden architecture and open air exhibition of retro auto equipment. (Group size: 20+) Program length – 1.5 hours.
| Group from 20 pax: 500 rub. per person |